ToyotaRAV42009
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  3. 2009
  4. Engine And Engine Cooling

2009 Toyota RAV4 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

5
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 5 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 1 indicate fire

What owners report

  • foot brake · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi4

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • January 3, 2011 · 9,400 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Had just pulled slowly into a parking space, i took my foot off the accelerator and applied the brake. As i was applying pressure to the brake, the engine sped up to more than 7,000 rpm. (my foot was not on the accelerator. It was on the brake only.) i continued to press the brake which started to slip, and then i immediately put the transmission in neutral. As the engine reached maximum rpm's, it died back to an…

    ODI 10377728

  • July 20, 2010 · 20,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    10 month old toyota rav-4 caught fire under the hood while sitting in parking garage and burned. *tr

    Fire reported

    ODI 10344851

  • May 11, 2010 · 12,432 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Vehicle Speed Control

    As i drove into our parking lot at work after lunch, i was idling engine with foot on brake as i pulled into a parking spot. I was already making my turn into the parking spot with foot on brake and engine idling when my car began to rapidly accelerate. I responded by applying foot brake and grabbing and pulling the emergency brake but only had about 15 - 20 feet before hitting a concrete wall at the bake of the…

    Crash reported

    ODI 10333955

  • February 2, 2010 · 3,415 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    My wife was sitting at a signalized intersection in our 2009 toyota rav 4 on tuesday february 2, 2010 with her foot on the brake, when the vehicle suddenly lurched forward. She was able to keep the vehicle from traveling further by applying more pedal pressure on the brake and then shifting into neutral. While in neutral, the engine revved loudly for about 10 seconds before returning to normal idle. She brought the…

    ODI 10304202

  • December 29, 2009

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    I purchased my 09 rav4 in june 2009. I noticed an odd odor a few times while running the air conditioner & assumed it was from the exhaust form the cars in front of me. When i began using the heat in the fall, i started smelling a bad, burning, almost chemical smell coming out of the vents. On dec 29, 2009, i took my car to the dealership & toyota told them to replace the evaporator, cabin air filter &…

    ODI 10313019